acronyms.comp revision 1.92
11.92Sdholland$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.92 2009/06/06 06:46:42 dholland Exp $ 21.4Sjmmv 31.53Sjmmv3WHS three-way handshake 41.6SjschaumaABI application binary interface 51.53SjmmvACL access control list 61.18SjmmvACPI advanced configuration and power interface 71.78SdhollandADB Apple desktop bus 81.26SwennmachADC analog [to] digital converter 91.49SwizADPCM adaptive differential pulse code modulation 101.53SjmmvADSL asymmetric digital subscriber line 111.78SdhollandAFS Andrew file system 121.15SkeihanAGP accelerated graphics port 131.51SjmmvAM amplitude modulation 141.52SjmmvAMI alternate mark inversion 151.41SkeihanANSI american national standards institute 161.53SjmmvAP access point 171.8SkeihanAPI application programming interface 181.40SkeihanAPIC advanced programmable interrupt controller 191.30SjmmvARP address resolution protocol 201.53SjmmvARQ automatic repeat request 211.53SjmmvAS autonomous system 221.70SwizASCII american standard code for information interchange 231.77SdhollandASLR address space layout randomization 241.53SjmmvASN autonomous system number 251.79SdhollandAST abstract syntax tree 261.79SdhollandAST asynchronous trap 271.18SjmmvAT advanced technology 281.1SjmmvATA advanced technology attachment 291.70SwizATAPI advanced technology attachment packet interface 301.62SeladATC address translation cache 311.35SgrantATM asynchronous transfer mode 321.18SjmmvATX advanced technology extended 331.78SdhollandBAR base address register 341.16SjmmvBEDO burst extended data output 351.54SjmmvBER basic encoding rules 361.53SjmmvBER bit error rate 371.87SdhollandBFD binary formats descriptor 381.83SeladBFKL big fscking kernel lock 391.24SkeihanBGP border gateway protocol 401.1SjmmvBIOS basic input/output system 411.2SjmmvBLOB binary large object 421.48SjmmvBPS bits per second 431.70SwizBQS berkeley quality software 441.1SjmmvBSD berkeley software distribution 451.91SmattBSS block started by symbol 461.19SjmmvCAD computer-aided design 471.72ShubertfCARP common address redundancy protocol 481.20SmycroftCAV constant angular velocity (as opposed to CLV) 491.48SjmmvCCD charge coupled device 501.9SkeihanCD compact disc 511.48SjmmvCDDA compact disc digital audio 521.16SjmmvCDRAM cache dynamic random access memory 531.55SkleinkCER canonical encoding rules 541.84SdhollandCFG context-free grammar 551.84SdhollandCFG control-flow graph 561.72ShubertfCGA color graphics {array,adapter} 571.30SjmmvCGI common gateway interface 581.1SjmmvCHS cylinder/head/sector 591.11SkeihanCIDR classless inter-domain routing 601.48SjmmvCIS contact image sensor 611.1SjmmvCLI command line interface 621.60SuweCLUT color look-up table 631.20SmycroftCLV constant linear velocity (as opposed to CAV) 641.50SsaloCMYK cyan magenta yellow black 651.37SgrantCOFF common object file format 661.58SkleinkCOW copy-on-write 671.24SkeihanCPU central processing unit 681.1SjmmvCRLF carriage return line feed 691.19SjmmvCRT cathode ray tube 701.53SjmmvCSMA carrier sense multiple access 711.53SjmmvCSMA/CA carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance 721.53SjmmvCSMA/CD carrier sense multiple access with collision detection 731.1SjmmvCSS cascading style sheets 741.53SjmmvCTS clear to send 751.10SkeihanCVS concurrent versions system 761.26SwennmachDAC digital [to] analog converter 771.53SjmmvDCE data control equipment 781.53SjmmvDCE distributed computing environment 791.48SjmmvDCT discrete cosine transform 801.19SjmmvDDC display data channel 811.16SjmmvDDR double data rate 821.19SjmmvDDWG digital display working group 831.55SkleinkDER distinguished encoding rules 841.48SjmmvDFT discrete fourier transform 851.30SjmmvDHCP dynamic host configuration protocol 861.53SjmmvDIFS distributed inter-frame space 871.53SjmmvDLE data link escape 881.5SjmmvDMA direct memory access 891.8SkeihanDNS domain name system 901.53SjmmvDOS denial of service 911.49SwizDPCM differential pulse code modulation 921.63SeladDPD dead peer detection 931.48SjmmvDPI dots per inch 941.16SjmmvDRAM dynamic random access memory 951.9SkeihanDSL digital subscriber line 961.53SjmmvDSSS direct sequence spread spectrum 971.1SjmmvDTD document type definition 981.53SjmmvDTE data terminal equipment 991.53SjmmvDTE dumb terminal emulator 1001.9SkeihanDVD digital versatile disc 1011.19SjmmvDVI digital visual interface 1021.70SwizE-XER extended XML encoding rules 1031.71SsaloEAP extensible authentication protocol 1041.18SjmmvECP enhanced capability port 1051.19SjmmvEDID extended display identification data 1061.16SjmmvEDO extended data out 1071.16SjmmvEEPROM electrically erasable programmable read only memory 1081.72ShubertfEFI extensible firmware interface 1091.48SjmmvEFM eight to fourteen modulation 1101.72ShubertfEGA enhanced graphics {array,adapter} 1111.54SjmmvEGP exterior gateway protocol 1121.1SjmmvEISA extended industry standard architecture 1131.37SgrantELF executable and linking format 1141.66SrpauloEOF end of file 1151.66SrpauloEOT end of transmission 1161.18SjmmvEPP enhanced parallel port 1171.51SjmmvEPRML extended partial response, maximum likelihood 1181.16SjmmvEPROM erasable programmable read only memory 1191.16SjmmvESDRAM enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory 1201.30SjmmvFAT file allocation table 1211.16SjmmvFBRAM frame buffer random access memory 1221.58SkleinkFCS frame check sequence 1231.39SjschaumaFDDI fiber distributed data interface 1241.86StnnFFI foreign function interface 1251.10SkeihanFFS fast file system 1261.87SdhollandFFS find first set 1271.53SjmmvFHSS frequency hop spread spectrum 1281.57SwizFIR fast infrared 1291.9SkeihanFLOPS floating [point] operations per second 1301.51SjmmvFM frequency modulation 1311.89SdhollandFOSS free / open source software 1321.17SjmmvFPM fast page mode 1331.15SkeihanFQDN fully qualified domain name 1341.1SjmmvFTP file transfer protocol 1351.72ShubertfFTPS file transfer protocol, secure 1361.44SjmmvGC garbage collector 1371.58SkleinkGCR group-coded recording 1381.5SjmmvGIF graphics interchange format 1391.1SjmmvGNU gnu's not unix 1401.1SjmmvGPL gnu/general public license 1411.24SkeihanGPU graphics processing unit 1421.53SjmmvGRE generic routing encapsulation 1431.1SjmmvGUI graphics user interface 1441.78SdhollandHA high availability 1451.82StnnHBA host bus adapter 1461.81StnnHCI host controller interface 1471.81StnnHCI human-computer interaction 1481.19SjmmvHDCP high-bandwidth digital content protection 1491.1SjmmvHTML hyper-text markup language 1501.1SjmmvHTTP hyper-text transfer protocol 1511.72ShubertfHTTPS hyper-text transfer protocol, secure 1521.1SjmmvI2O intelligent input/output 1531.1SjmmvIANA internet assigned number authority 1541.24SkeihanIC integrated circuit 1551.9SkeihanICB internet citizen's band 1561.76StsutsuiICE internal compiler error 1571.78SdhollandICE in-circuit emulator 1581.10SkeihanICMP internet control message protocol 1591.1SjmmvIDE integrated drive electronics 1601.53SjmmvIDRP inter-domain routing protocol 1611.41SkeihanIEC international electrotechnical commission 1621.9SkeihanIEEE institute [of] electrical [and] electronics engineers 1631.15SkeihanIESG internet engineering steering group 1641.9SkeihanIETF internet engineering task force 1651.53SjmmvIGP interior gateway protocol 1661.10SkeihanIKE internet key exchange 1671.10SkeihanIMAP internet mail access protocol 1681.41SkeihanINCITS international committee on information technology standards 1691.1SjmmvIO input/output 1701.9SkeihanIOCTL input/output control 1711.1SjmmvIP internet protocol 1721.70SwizIPC interprocess communication 1731.9SkeihanIPNG internet protocol, next generation 1741.9SkeihanIPSEC internet protocol security 1751.9SkeihanIRC internet relay chat 1761.9SkeihanIRQ interrupt request 1771.9SkeihanIRTF internet research task force 1781.3SjmmvISA industry standard architecture 1791.9SkeihanISDN integrated services digital network 1801.53SjmmvISI inter-symbol interference 1811.53SjmmvISM industrial, scientific and medical 1821.53SjmmvISN initial serial number 1831.41SkeihanISO international standards organization 1841.9SkeihanISOC internet society 1851.8SkeihanISP internet service provider 1861.1SjmmvJPEG joint photographic experts group 1871.78SdhollandKLOC thousand lines of code 1881.69SeladKPI kernel programming interface 1891.12SwizKVA kernel virtual address 1901.78SdhollandKVM kernel virtual memory 1911.72ShubertfKVM keyboard, video, mouse switch 1921.9SkeihanLAN local area network 1931.9SkeihanLBA logical block addressing 1941.19SjmmvLCD liquid crystal display 1951.53SjmmvLCP link control protocol 1961.10SkeihanLDAP lightweight directory access protocol 1971.30SjmmvLED light emitting diode 1981.34SkeihanLIR local internet registry 1991.72ShubertfLKM {linux, loadable} kernel module 2001.53SjmmvLLC logical link control 2011.78SdhollandLOC lines of code 2021.48SjmmvLRC longitudinal redundancy check 2031.25SwennmachLSB least significant bit [or: byte] 2041.72ShubertfLSB linux standards base 2051.78SdhollandLSI large scale integration 2061.9SkeihanLUN logical unit number 2071.49SwizLZW Lempel Ziv Welch 2081.53SjmmvMAC medium access control 2091.9SkeihanMBR master boot record 2101.16SjmmvMDRAM multibank dynamic random access memory 2111.75SreedMFC merge from current 2121.51SjmmvMFM modified frequency modulation 2131.29SjmmvMIDI musical instrument digital interface 2141.30SjmmvMIME multipurpose internet mail extensions 2151.9SkeihanMIPS million instructions per second 2161.27SjschaumaMMU memory management unit 2171.32SjmmvMPEG moving picture experts group 2181.72ShubertfMPLS multiprotocol label switching 2191.25SwennmachMSB most significant bit [or: byte] 2201.48SjmmvMSF minutes seconds frames 2211.53SjmmvMSS maximum segment size 2221.14SkeihanMTA mail transfer agent 2231.14SkeihanMTU maximum transmission unit 2241.14SkeihanMUA mail user agent 2251.48SjmmvMWE module width encoding 2261.5SjmmvNAT network address translation 2271.53SjmmvNAV network allocation vector 2281.53SjmmvNCP network control protocol 2291.72ShubertfNCQ native command queuing 2301.36SgrantNFS network file system 2311.11SkeihanNIC network interface card 2321.10SkeihanNIS network information service 2331.49SwizNRZ non-return to zero 2341.7SjschaumaNUMA non uniform memory access 2351.56SjmmvOCL object constraint language 2361.48SjmmvOCR optical character recognition 2371.30SjmmvOEM original equipment manufacturer 2381.53SjmmvOFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing 2391.87SdhollandOOB out of band 2401.92SdhollandOOM out of memory 2411.78SdhollandOS operating system 2421.89SdhollandOSD open source definition 2431.35SgrantOSF open software foundation 2441.39SjschaumaOSI open systems interconnection 2451.72ShubertfOSI open-source initiative 2461.72ShubertfOSPF open shortest path first 2471.89SdhollandOSS open source software 2481.27SjschaumaOTP one time password 2491.78SdhollandPA physical address 2501.79SdhollandPAE physical address extension 2511.34SkeihanPAM pluggable authentication modules 2521.48SjmmvPAM pulse amplitude modulation 2531.53SjmmvPAT port address translation 2541.10SkeihanPAX portable archive exchange 2551.48SjmmvPC personal computer 2561.1SjmmvPCI peripheral component interconnect 2571.48SjmmvPCM pulse code modulation 2581.41SkeihanPCMCIA personal computer memory card international association 2591.70SwizPDP page descriptor page 2601.53SjmmvPDU protocol data unit 2611.55SkleinkPER packed encoding rules 2621.8SkeihanPERL practical extraction [and] report language 2631.64SeladPFS perfect forward secrecy 2641.10SkeihanPGP pretty good privacy 2651.18SjmmvPIC programmable interrupt controller 2661.77SdhollandPIC position independent code 2671.10SkeihanPID process id 2681.77SdhollandPIE position independent executable 2691.48SjmmvPIN personal identification number 2701.18SjmmvPIO programmed input/output 2711.54SjmmvPLL phase locked loop 2721.48SjmmvPMT photo-multiplier tube 2731.1SjmmvPNG portable network graphics 2741.10SkeihanPOP post office protocol 2751.10SkeihanPOSIX portable operating system interface [for] unix 2761.19SjmmvPOST power on self test 2771.42SsimonbPOTS plain old telephone system 2781.9SkeihanPPP point-to-point protocol 2791.35SgrantPPPOA point-to-point protocol over ATM 2801.9SkeihanPPPOE point-to-point protocol over ethernet 2811.51SjmmvPRML partial response, maximum likelihood 2821.88StsutsuiPRNG pseudo random number generator 2831.16SjmmvPROM programmable read only memory 2841.71SsaloPSK pre-shared key 2851.70SwizPSTN public switched telephone network 2861.12SwizPTE page table entry 2871.24SkeihanPTLA pseudo top level aggregator 2881.12SwizPTP page table page 2891.48SjmmvPWM pulse width modulation 2901.47SgrantQOS quality of service 2911.1SjmmvRAID redundant array of inexpensive disks 2921.9SkeihanRAM random access memory 2931.79SdhollandRAS restartable atomic sequence 2941.10SkeihanRCS revision control system 2951.24SkeihanRGB red green blue 2961.59SgrantRIFF Resource Interchange File Format 2971.53SjmmvRIP routing information protocol 2981.54SjmmvRIR regional internet registry 2991.9SkeihanRISC reduced instruction set computing 3001.48SjmmvRLE run length encoding 3011.51SjmmvRLL run length limited 3021.88StsutsuiRNG random number generator 3031.9SkeihanROM read only memory 3041.78SdhollandRPC remote procedure call 3051.1SjmmvRPM revolutions per minute 3061.9SkeihanRTF rich text format 3071.53SjmmvRTS request to send 3081.48SjmmvRTT round time trip 3091.18SjmmvS/PDIF sony/phillips digital interface 3101.32SjmmvSACD super audio compact disc 3111.65SeladSAD security association database 3121.16SjmmvSAM serial access memory 3131.41SkeihanSASI shugart associates system interface (predecessor to SCSI) 3141.9SkeihanSATA serial advanced technology attachment 3151.72ShubertfSB sound blaster 3161.70SwizSCM software configuration management 3171.70SwizSCM source code management 3181.21SmycroftSCSI small computer system interface 3191.74SrizSCTP stream control transmission protocol 3201.16SjmmvSDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory 3211.16SjmmvSGRAM synchronous graphics random access memory 3221.53SjmmvSIFS short inter-frame space 3231.53SjmmvSIP session initiation protocol 3241.57SwizSIR slow infrared 3251.16SjmmvSLDRAM synchronous-link dynamic random access memory 3261.28SsketchSMART self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology 3271.7SjschaumaSMP symmetric multiprocessing 3281.8SkeihanSMTP simple mail transfer protocol 3291.31SkeihanSNMP simple network management protocol 3301.65SeladSPD security policy database 3311.18SjmmvSPD serial presence detect 3321.16SjmmvSRAM static random access memory 3331.48SjmmvSSFDC solid state floppy disc card 3341.9SkeihanSSH secure shell 3351.9SkeihanSSL secure sockets layer 3361.40SkeihanSTP shielded twisted pair 3371.74SrizSTP spanning-tree protocol 3381.72ShubertfSVGA super video graphics {array,adapter} 3391.78SdhollandTCB trusted computing base 3401.9SkeihanTCL tool command language 3411.15SkeihanTCP transmission control protocol 3421.72ShubertfTCQ tagged command queueing 3431.45SjmmvTDD test driven development 3441.19SjmmvTFT thin film transistor 3451.72ShubertfTFTP trivial file transfer protocol 3461.85SspzTIAS try it and see 3471.33SgrantTIFF tagged image file format 3481.85SspzTITS try it to see 3491.24SkeihanTLA top level aggregator 3501.30SjmmvTLB transition lookaside buffer 3511.10SkeihanTLD top level domain 3521.61SjschaumaTLS transport layer security 3531.90SdhollandTLS thread-local storage 3541.19SjmmvTMDS transition minimized differential signaling 3551.53SjmmvTR token ring 3561.88StsutsuiTRNG true random number generator 3571.48SjmmvTTL time to live 3581.9SkeihanTTY teletype 3591.9SkeihanTZ time zone 3601.53SjmmvUART universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter 3611.18SjmmvUC uncacheable 3621.48SjmmvUDO ultra density optical (storage) 3631.1SjmmvUDP user datagram protocol 3641.48SjmmvUFS unix file system 3651.56SjmmvUML unified modeling language 3661.10SkeihanUPS uninterruptible power supply 3671.10SkeihanURI uniform resource identifier 3681.10SkeihanURL uniform resource locator 3691.53SjmmvUSART universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver/transmitter 3701.9SkeihanUSB universal serial bus 3711.18SjmmvUSWC uncacheable speculative write combining 3721.40SkeihanUTP unshielded twisted pair 3731.10SkeihanUUCP unix-to-unix copy protocol 3741.73SjschaumaUUOC useless use of cat 3751.78SdhollandVA virtual address 3761.30SjmmvVAX virtual address extension 3771.16SjmmvVCM virtual channel memory 3781.19SjmmvVESA video electronics standards association 3791.72ShubertfVGA video graphics {array,adapter} 3801.72ShubertfWIFI wireless fidelity 3811.53SjmmvVLAN virtual local area network 3821.78SdhollandVLSI very large scale integration 3831.72ShubertfVLSM variable length subnet mask 3841.72ShubertfVM virtual {machine,memory} 3851.9SkeihanVPN virtual private network 3861.16SjmmvVRAM video random access memory 3871.72ShubertfVRRP virtual router redundancy protocol 3881.30SjmmvWAN wide area network 3891.30SjmmvWAP wireless application protocol 3901.71SsaloWEP wired equivalent privacy 3911.53SjmmvWLAN wireless local area network 3921.71SsaloWPA wi-fi protected access 3931.16SjmmvWRAM window random access memory 3941.15SkeihanWWW world wide web 3951.55SkleinkXER XML encoding rules 3961.72ShubertfXGA extended graphics {array,adapter} 3971.1SjmmvXML extensible markup language 3981.1SjmmvXSL extensible stylesheet language 3991.18SjmmvXT extended technology 4001.58SkleinkZFOD zero-filled on demand 401